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  • Yiftoi
    Banned
    • Apr 2009
    • 41

    MK country identifier to be redefined.

    Can the EU enforce this change.

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    Macedonian Identity "To Be Defined"
    Skopje | 02 April 2009 |

    EC BuildingThe European Commission has decided to redefine the terms “Macedonian”, “Macedonians” and country code “MK” in its institutional style guide, Erik Meijer, European Parliament Rapporteur for Macedonia, suspects.

    According to information obtained by Eric Meijer, these terms now in common use are to be replaced with the designation "to be defined", in order to satisfy Greece's objections to the name "Macedonia". The “altered” style guide is not yet available to the public.


    Meijer was cited by the Macedonian national news agency, MIA, asking the EC whether it takes into account that this only complicates matters by taking the “name” row into new and “very sensitive” fields of national identity that will be “impossible to solve".


    However, in an interview for local Alfa TV this afternoon Meijer said he got reassured by the EC that this means nothing in practice. “It means the situation will not change” and the terms will remain in use, he said.


    Athens blocked Skopje last April from NATO entry, objecting that only the Greek northern province has the right to call itself Macedonia. Greece stated that it could block Macedonia's EU accession as well, if it did not change its name.


    In an EC response to Meijer, MIA reports, EC President Jose Manuel Barroso confirms it is true they used standard names until recently, but that, in the summer of 2008, a decision was taken to make this change. Thus, in the inter institutional style guide compiled by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, these terms have been replaced with "to be defined". The commission says all references are strictly in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 817/93.


    Meijer also expresses concerns about the delaying of the date for opening EU accession talks for Macedonia, despite recent European Parliament recommendations assessing that Greek opposition could continue for years, MIA reported. The country achieved candidate status in 2005, but the EC did not grant an extended recommendation for further progress due to insufficient internal reforms.


    Long-standing UN-sponsored name talks between Macedonia and Greece have so far been in vain. While Greece insists a composite name for its neighbour should be used by all countries, Macedonia accepts a mutually agreeable name only in correspondence with Greece, since only this country has such problems.


    Additionally, the talks have in effect ground to a halt, as both countries are currently occupied with domestic elections.
  • Risto the Great
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2008
    • 15658

    #2
    Yifto, if the EU tries this stunt, it will be fatal for them.
    You might not think it ... but the free minds of the world will not tolerate this anymore.
    Risto the Great
    MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
    "Holding my breath for the revolution."

    Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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    • Daskalot
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2008
      • 4345

      #3
      This is a PR stunt from the EU on behalf of the Greeks, to see what the Macedonian reactions will be, I hope Milososki sends a stern answer to the EU in regards to this issue.
      Macedonian Truth Organisation

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      • Soldier of Macedon
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2008
        • 13670

        #4
        One day when the tables turn, I wonder, will the Macedonians show the same courtesy to these dogs? I hope so, everything should be paid back in full, one way or another.
        In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.

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        • Yiftoi
          Banned
          • Apr 2009
          • 41

          #5
          This outcome really should be no surprise to the neutral reader. There is enough unbiased information out there, free from nationalistic bias that can have predicted such a move.
          A mediated decision such as this, although initially unpopular to one party, will hopefully be the catalyst of some sort of healing process between the two disputing parties.
          Lets not forget how unpopular the decision was to the Greeks when George Bush first used the name Republic of Macedonia back in 2004.

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          • Daskalot
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2008
            • 4345

            #6
            Originally posted by Yiftoi View Post
            This outcome really should be no surprise to the neutral reader. There is enough unbiased information out there, free from nationalistic bias that can have predicted such a move.
            A mediated decision such as this, although initially unpopular to one party, will hopefully be the catalyst of some sort of healing process between the two disputing parties.
            Lets not forget how unpopular the decision was to the Greeks when George Bush first used the name Republic of Macedonia back in 2004.
            wishful thinking, is Greece really named Macedonia and the Greeks are in fact ethnic Macedonians? If yes then we will change all of the above if no.......
            Macedonian Truth Organisation

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            • Yiftoi
              Banned
              • Apr 2009
              • 41

              #7
              Be careful what you wish for, it may come true.
              If the MK identifier is under negotiation, what will be next?

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              • Soldier of Macedon
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2008
                • 13670

                #8
                Who is negotiating the MK identifier, some jokers in Brussels or Athens? Nothing is changing, some idiot Europeanoids can't change the identity of millions of people around the world who know themselves and their language as only Macedonian.

                You Greeks will pay a high price for this fiasco, one way or another.
                In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.

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                • Yiftoi
                  Banned
                  • Apr 2009
                  • 41

                  #9
                  Thats right soldier, even if the identifier is changed by these jokers in Brussels, it won't change who you are.
                  You will always be Macedonians, its just that you won't be referred to as such.
                  No different to what the situation is now really.

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                  • Risto the Great
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 15658

                    #10
                    It would be quite different Yifto.
                    It would be a systematic attempt to destroy our identity.
                    And it will not be tolerated. Can't you smell change in the air? Can't you see this modern age has a wonderful mechanism to defend us from the imperialistic power of the EU? It is called information and there is an abundance of it in existence to disprove the pitiful Greek claims on the Macedonian name.
                    Risto the Great
                    MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
                    "Holding my breath for the revolution."

                    Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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                    • Yiftoi
                      Banned
                      • Apr 2009
                      • 41

                      #11
                      Whether we like it or not the EU still has a commanding influence on world affairs.
                      I wonder what abundant information the EU has considered now that it is toying with the idea of changing the MK identity.
                      I am sure they would have considered more than Greece's and Macedonia's version of history.

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                      • Bratot
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2008
                        • 2855

                        #12
                        Nobody can change our identity, not single try of EU or w/e institution in the world is able to give or take identities and right to approval or denying such things.

                        This is harsh violating of the declaration of the United Nations about the basic human rights.
                        And we are aware who is behind this decision.
                        The purpose of the media is not to make you to think that the name must be changed, but to get you into debate - what name would suit us! - Bratot

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                        • Yiftoi
                          Banned
                          • Apr 2009
                          • 41

                          #13
                          Doesn't it seem odd to you that the EU would do something that will contravene the Human Rights charter?
                          I can't see the EU violating your Human Rights just to appease Greece.

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